Personal Effects, 1943

A hand, string of pearls, embroidered embellishment on a handheld mirror, pearl ring, and frosted glass perfume bottle suggest the presence of someone never shown. Painted across five fragments of historic stoneware, Personal Effects, 1943 constructs a portrait through possessions instead, considering how the ordinary objects a person leaves behind can become vessels for memory.

Year: 2026
 Medium: Oil on five historic pottery fragments
 Pottery: Albany-slipped stoneware, primarily c. 1880–1920
 Locality: Eastern Shore, Mobile Bay, Ala.
 Framed dimensions: 17.5 x 21.5 in.
 Original artwork: One of a kind